Lottery Checklist: How to Prep For and Run a SchoolMint Lottery

Use this checklist to prepare for and run a lottery in SchoolMint. We encourage you to run mock lotteries and try things out in your “Sandbox” site. Be sure to verify you are using your sandbox URL (e.g. yourschool.schoolmint2.net), and only take real actions in “Production” (yourschool.schoolmint.net) on the day of your actual lottery. Sandbox will refresh each night at midnight, so you will have plenty of opportunities to test things out before your lottery.

Confirm your Lottery Configuration and Settings

Verify your Lottery Design

You can access this by navigating to Settings > Design and Build a Lottery

We recommend updating the Student Dashboard and Log-In message with any important dates and announcements. Parents will accept or decline offers from the Student Dashboard page, which is a great place to catch their eye.

Click "Make Lottery Results Public" to publicize the waitlist and make offers. This action will trigger the “Publicize Waitlist” and “Make Offer” notifications if you click "Send Offers with Notification" or will simply change their status if you send "Without Notification."

Return to the Make Offers page to see students who are eligible for an offer. When one student declines an offer, the Make Offers page will automatically show the next student from the waitlist to whom you can make an offer.

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